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Re: Cooker hotplates
Furhan wrote:hellmans or somthing?
Mayonnaise ? 😆
Seriously, how much were/are you paying for them out of interest ?
Connect are the cheapest I find, you can get them pretty much anywhere though really.
Dave.
Re: Help Dream holliday
kheath wrote:typing numan into mappoint puts it in the middle of Nigeria.
LOL, that’s exactly what I did. 😆
Are you sure it’s an island ?
Dave.
Re: Belling 334AN
Can’t find that one listed Tony, it muct be quite a newish model as my list stops at 333.
If you phone Glen Dimplex on 01709 579900 they should be able to tell you.
Dave.
Re: An optimistic view!
RS wrote:I suppose this is an optimistic view but what do you think
I sincerley hope you’re right and I’ve been thinking along the same lines to an extent.
We’ll have to wait and see I think, the knock on effect will not hit the shop floors for a few months I doubt, so it may well be 12 months before we see any impact on service, but you live in hope eh 😉
Dave.
Re: Wanted: Zanussi Gas Cooker GC9557 glass hob lid – help!
essad1961 wrote:PS Thanks again Dave for your kind help with my Homark oven parts numbering.
That’s OK 😀
As Alex says the lid is now obsolete, unless you want to put a white one on it (which is still available), it may look a bit odd though.
Dave.
Re: britannia spares
Best go direct really Pinky.
Britannia Living Ltd.
Britannia House,
281 Bristol Avenue,
Blackpool
FY2 0JF
enquiry@britannialiving.co.uk
01253 471111
01253 471136Dave.
Re: DE Dietrich
Yeah, it looks that way. Although I would imagine it’s a four star freezer compartment so it’ll be one of the fully insulated doors, much like the Smeg models.
Dave.
Re: SMEG A1 broken door hinge
The fact that you ask if it’s an easy job suggests to me that you need an engineer.
I can quite understand why the guy can’t give you any time scale on the repair as he is relying on your diagnosis to be correct. Best bet is to ask him to come and check the door hinge out and then he can order the correct parts, even though the door hinge may seem obvious there are other factors that may affect the door opening mechanism.
Dave.
Re: diplomat versus bosch
There’s not much in it really. The MFI one is actually made by Whirlpool, which is comparable to the Bosch, although the Bosch may have a slight edge in build quaility.
Bear in mind also that the Bosch is not an integrated model so you would have a white appliance in the middle of the kitchen which may look a little odd.
You won’t get much for either on the open market these days to be honest were you to sell one on.
Dave.
Re: DE Dietrich
Yeah, that’s the correct part number Tony.
Brandt price code is G8 – £33.28 ex VAT.
I can get hold of it for you if required.
Dave.
Re: DASA
Alex wrote:Reading this lot tells me the biggest asset DASA has to offer is the passionate members.
Yes, there are passionate members, but not enough of them to allow DASA to continue in its current format IMO.
The enthusiasm sadly is not shared by most of the current members, and far more importantly, the non or ex members. These brings me to the point of who saw fit to engage the services of someone at £300 a day to contact the current DASA membership and see what they want and ask for their views on DASA. Surely, as is quite evident reading this thread, DASA is now down to the “core” and the views of those members are pretty much known already. The time and money would have been much better employed in contacting ex members or making contact with non members to ask their views on what they would like from a trade association.
It seems quite obvious (to me anyway) that DASA cannot continue in it’s current format and will need sweeping changes made to the way it is set up to survive. Maybe as has been suggested, more regionalism, a less formal meeting structure and a far swifter decision making regime needs to be put in place.
As far as appointing non-independent bodies to act as council members, well, I personally see this as a huge mistake if it allowed to go through. It will of course, and rightly so be put to a vote, but if this is allowed to proceed then that will be the end of DASA as a representative body of the independent white goods repair industry and will cease to be impartial.
A couple of points on the comparisons between UKW and DASA I would also like to make. UKW will never in my view become a trade association; it can’t purely because of its very nature. Some within the current DASA structure will also see UKW as a threat, this is not the case as far as I can see, all UKW has done is installed a level of communication never before seen in this industry, or any other service industry for that matter, it’s something that should have been done years ago, good job someone like Ken had the foresight to put it in to action.
Orbit has already been mentioned here but as I was involved in it’s production, here goes. I was asked at a council meeting earlier this year if I would compile Orbit, which would have been the first time it had been produced for many years, a bit of a daunting task, but I agreed. After a few emails flying about and many phone calls I finally spent the whole of Good Friday of this year finishing it off with the help of Ken who made it look “nice” as I’m crap at that sort of thing, but the basics were there and between us I think we did a pretty good job given the limited time we had and the limited input we were given to use. Since then, the whole thing turned in to a farce, it’s first “proper” release was at the UKW meeting last month. Now, I know Sean made huge efforts to get it published, printed and distributed by Connect who kindly offered to help with this; it was delayed beyond all comprehension by petty bickering over its content and the use of the new logo, the use of which was agreed on at a special meeting in Rotherham by those present. I’ll leave it for you to decide whether you would be pretty p*ssed off with what amounts to “red tape” within DASA holding up such things.
So, where does this leave us. We have council members that have little spare time to devote to the DASA cause stepping down; we have a dwindling membership and a structure that does not allow an easy process for change.
I know all this seems a bit of a kicking while it’s down type thing, but the only way to go forward is open and frank discussion, I also think Kevin is quite correct with his timing just before the AGM, all of the subjects/comments/criticisms above will all be fresh in the minds of those attending and will (hopefully) promote debate and maybe, just maybe something will actually happen or at least be seen to happen to change the way DASA is looked upon by the trade in general promoting new blood and interest.
Unfortunately I cannot attend as I have a family wedding to attend on the same day, but I await with interest (and my membership renewal) the outcome.
Dave.
